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Irish Ambassador attends the St Patrick's Society Summer Party

Irish Ambassador attends the St Patrick's Society Summer PartyOn Saturday last the St Patrick's Society of the Algarve held their very successful annual Summer Party. The Guest of Honour was Her Excellency Anne Webster, Irish Ambassador to Portugal and Morocco.

The event was attended by over fifty very happy diners at the home of Alan and Pat Camplin-Smith, near Armação de Pêra.

The Royal British Legion Poppy Garden Party

The Royal British Legion Poppy Garden PartyThe Poppy Garden Picnic held by the Royal British Legion’s Portuguese branch may have been held in the grounds of Burgau’s Casa Grande, location for BBC TV’s One Foot In The Algarve, but Victor’s scowl was replaced by dozens of smiling faces even though the scorching heat on what was the Algarve’s hottest day of the year kept down the numbers attending.

Quarteira V Almancil in competition cook off

Marta Castanheiro holds the trophy for the winning school It was student chefs and waiters who were the stars at a Rotary Gala Dinner at the Conrad hotel last week. The students from Escola Dra Laura Ayres in Quarteira and Escola EB 2/3 Dr Antonio de Sousa Agostinho in Almancil were this year's finalists of the Annual Rotary Cookery Competition.

The 2014/15 competition organised as before by Alan Winn of the Rotary Club of Silves and Peter Hinze of the Almancil International Rotary Club began in November last year with four Algarve schools entering between them a total of 14 teams.

Monerís Special Olympics a Resounding Success

Special OlympicsOn 22nd May, the first ever Special Olympics competition for equitation in the Algarve was held at Pinetrees Riding Centre in Almancil. Special Olympics representative Pedro Serra complimented the organisers and participants for its fantastic planning and competition in the true spirit of the Special Olympics.

Christina Walks Tall…over her €2,000 Charity Donation

 The second photograph shows Christina with Donna Fernanda Agapito (left) and Caterina Rodrigues Pereira (right) from the Conferência de Nossa Senhora D’Alva, Aljezur.Christina Vandermeulen was the headline attraction at Amovate’s Country and Western Hoedown held at the Pétanque Club in the Churasqueira Mendes last Saturday, May 23rd.
Christina was walking tall after raising $2,000 for needy children and their families with her epic trek from Cape St Vincent to Fatima.

The Saddle Sisters raise money for MS Society

The Saddle SistersFour fit and determined friends from the UK set off from Stansted to Santander on the north coast of Spain for a challenging 8-day journey to the Algarve, in aid of charity.

Ice Bucket Challenge has changed her life

Sra Maria Conceição dos SantosIn September 2014 Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) member Uschi Kuhn organised an Ice Bucket Challenge at the Conrad hotel to raise awareness and funds for sufferers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, perhaps better known as motor neurone disease (MND), a progressive disease that attacks the motor neurones, or nerves, in the brain and spinal cord. This means messages gradually stop reaching muscles which leads to weakness and wasting.

Closely fought battle at Rotary Club Quiz Night

Closely fought battle at Rotary Club Quiz NightThe Rotary Club of Estoi Palace held the first of its two annual quiz nights at A FlorestaRestaurant on the 8th of May. Quizmaster for the night was Shirley Dunne and it was a closely fought battle between the 10 teams taking part with only 1.5 point separating 1st and 2nd.